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C TENOR
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NOTE VALUES AND THEIR EQUIVALENT RESTS
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A GLOSSARY OF MUSICAL TERMS.
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.po al Fine
Diminuendo
Largl
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Quickening the u
A stress or emphasis on a certain
note.
Very slow but quicker than Largo.
Agitated, hurried.
Broadening out the time.
Moderately fast.
Quick, lively, merry.
At a moderate pace.
Not as slow as Andante.
Animated, lively, spirited.
Playing the notes of a chord con-
secutively.
Resume the original time.
In a singing style.
ivith) Moto (motion;.
Gradually louder.
Da (from) Capo (begin
Fine (end).
Dal (from) Segno (sign).
Gradually softer.
Sweetly.
And.
With expression.
Loud.
Very loud.
Gaily.
Grandly.
Gracefully.
Slowly but not as slow as Largo.
A slow and solemn degree of move-
ment.
Smoothly, notes to follow each other
without break.
Very slow.
Major.
A4arked, accented.
Less.
Moderately loud.
Mex/o Piai
Minore
Moderato
Non Troppo
Fed.
Piano
Pianissimo (pp }
Piu Mosso
Presto
Rail. (Rullenttindo'
Religioso
Rit. (Ritard
Semitone
Sostenuto
Sotto Voce
Staccato
Stringcndo
Syncopation
Tempo di Marcia
Tempo di Valse
Tempo Prime (Tempo I )
Tone
Tre Corde
Una Corda or I
Vivace
In a modi-;
Much,
Presto — \
Pedal ; indi
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Soft.
Very soft.
Piu (n
faster.
Little by 1
poco — Louder r
|uick.
Gradually s!
In a religious ma:
Gradually si
The smallest pitch inh
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Sustained.
Subdued, qi,
Detached,
An accent •
weak part
In march di
In waltz time.
First or original :
An interval conn
tones.
Indicates the raising of I
pedal of the pia
Una Corda period.
Indicates depression of
pedal of the piano.
Animated, fast, lively.
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